elise hsu

* Designed and taught academically rigorous science classes to two groups of 25 students * Advised and mentored group of 12 middle school students to help with their study habits * Developed creativity skills both independently and working with other teachers

* Designed behavioral experiments researching anxiety, memory and learning in mice * Collected and analyzed data from metabolic and cardiovascular experiments * Mastered tissue collection protocols and prepared manuscripts for publication * Shadowed in the Neonatal ICU

* Led, mentored, and trained multiple clinical research coordinators * Researched software in order to improve clinical data collection system; selected relevant program and developed a structured database, reducing data analysis time by 75% * Recruited and screened 150 patients for Phase II clinical trial for Type 1 diabetes treatment * Analyzed data sets containing patient information for over 2,000 participants to design Phase II clinical trial for Type 1 diabetes treatment * Analyzed data from biostatisticians and summarized findings for Principal Investigator * Wrote detailed protocols resulting in Institutional Review Board approval of 7 studies * Conducted up to 40 in-person study visits a week; visits included blood draws, survey administration, and other patient interactions * Communicated medical research to patients with limited to no medical knowledge

* Completed literature review of research on transition of care; leveraged findings to write Institutional Review Board protocol to minimize medical errors * Designed survey to evaluate and improve transition of care between resident physicians * Assisted in implementing hospital-wide standardized transition of care procedure * Served as the primary contact for chief residents in 24 specialty programs * Shadowed in the pediatrics inpatient care unit

* Conducted social stress experiments in female rats to examine the neuronal and behavioral link between depression and drug addiction * Tracked estrous cycle to determine the effect of anxiety on hormone release

* Managed data integrity for Phase I and Phase II clinical trials in Metabolics and Neurology; manage database containing thousands of records using query tool and SAS * Compiled ad hoc reports from the database for safety review * Performed coding for all studies using MedDRA and WHODrug * Collaborated with ancillary vendors, Ionis team members, clinical trial sites, and BioClinica database programmers * Facilitated database change requests during the course of clinical trial * Wrote and updated Data Management Plan, Manual Review Guidelines, Case Report Form Completion Guidelines, and Lab Data Transfer Agreements

Study abroad coursework in Spanish language, art, and history. All classes taught in Spanish. Activities and Societies: ESL Teacher for children and adults

Activities and Societies: Tufts’ Leonard Carmichael Society ESL for ABM, Tufts Chamber Ensemble, Tufts Dance Collective, Tufts Gospel Choir